Big Raccoon Creek-Old US 136 Bridge

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Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

BH Photo #392935

Overview: Lost Pony truss bridge over Big Raccoon Creek on Old US 136
Location: Montgomery County, Indiana, and Boone County, Indiana
Status: removed
Design: 5-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Also called: Old County Bridge #185
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.95563, -86.69532 (decimal degrees)
39°57'20" N, 86°41'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/526024/4422876 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: New Ross
Inventory numbers: INNBI 5400135 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39489 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/1990): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1986): 100

Big Raccoon Creek Bridge

Posted April 28, 2009, by Brant Furr (bfurr [at] monm [dot] edu)

This bridge has been replaced by a concrete bridge some time ago, and is no longer exists.